Lampeter-Strasburg townlively.com
APRIL 5, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 48
A new era of school band BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Meredith (left) and Leo Kereshi of Lancaster are looking forward to the PA Family Travel Fair.
All things Pennsylvania PA Family Travel Fair set for April 15
ommunity members are invited to discover or rediscover many of the events, museums, attractions and getaways that Pennsylvania has to offer at the fifth annual PA Family Travel Fair, to be held on Saturday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Calvary Church in Lancaster. The event, hosted by Where & When Pennsylvania, will also feature children’s activities, entertainment and food. Those who visit the travel fair will also have opportunities to win prizes, including vacation packages. “The first 500 (attendees) will get a goodie bag to collect all of their swag from all of the vendors,” said Rachel Stebbins, marketing director at Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc., one of the
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event organizers. “There is a lot of opportunity throughout the event to register for prizes. Almost all of the vendors are bringing prizes to give away.” The grand prize will be a family getaway provided by the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau. The event focuses on providing information about family-friendly activities that are available throughout the entire state, including locally in Lancaster County and as far away as the northern tier of Pennsylvania. “When you are talking to vendors, they are not trying to sell you things. They are just providing information,” Stebbins emphasized. “The visitor’s bureaus will represent a lot of the (sites) in their areas, but we also have (representatives of) specific attractions that are coming to talk specifically about their places.”
Entertainment will include a magic show at noon by Papa Tater Magical Family Entertainment and a live show at 2 p.m. by Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland. Echo the Bat from Lincoln Caverns and Chipper from Herr Foods Inc. will greet visitors, and the Kids Cookie Break radio show will be on-site doing live interviews. Visitors will also be able to meet friendly service dogs from Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services (KPETS). Food trucks will be available offering breakfast and lunch, as well as snacks and ice cream. New this year will be Joe on the GO Coffee Co., which will offer coffee, tea and breakfast selections. Stebbins hopes that people will attend the event to learn about local attractions they may not even
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be aware of. “It’s nice to have options with what you can do without having to travel really far,” she stated. “You can have a nice, long weekend or you can go out and do some of these activities and be home at night because it’s just that close. People often don’t realize what is right around them.” Calvary Church is located at 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. Admission to and parking at the PA Family Travel Fair are free. The event will be held rain or shine. For more information, including a complete list of exhibitors, food trucks, activities and giveaways, visit www.pafamilytravel.com. More information is also available at www.facebook.com/PAFamily TravelFair and www.instagram.com /pafamilytravelfair.
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Children will be able to have their photos taken with mascots, including Echo the Bat from Lincoln Caverns.
On Saturday, April 15, Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School sophomore Carson Zook will perform in the District 7 Modern Band Festival, organized by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA). Zook is the first student from L-S to participate in the program and will perform on electric bass in the concert at Spring Grove Area High School. PMEA District 7 held its first Modern Band Festival last year. Unlike PMEA’s orchestra and jazz festivals, the budding event focuses on more contemporary genres of music and incorporates instruments like electric guitar and bass. Zook was encouraged to audition for this year’s festival by Erik Welchans, who is the choral director at L-S and teaches several elective classes such as guitar. “I had (Zook) in my guitar class and he showed great talent, so I suggested that he audition for the festival,” Welchans said. Zook auditioned on electric bass by submitting four separate recordings to PMEA to demonstrate his skill, including an improvised walking bassline. He placed first in the eight-county region. Zook began playing upright bass in fourth grade and started exploring electric bass around four years ago. He is an active participant in the jazz and full orchestral bands at L-S and recently starting learning drums to fill a need in his church’s band.